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Chapter 622 Red Arrow Powder

At this time, it is impossible for Cui Shi not to be unmoved at all.

Li Longji's current situation is very bad. Some people use sailing against the current to describe difficulties, but they can't describe Li Longji's difficulties in front of him.If you describe it, Li Longji's boat is not only sailing against the current, but also going upstream in the Three Gorges, and he wanted to find a tracker to pull it, but he couldn't find it.

Therefore, he calculated Li Longji's chips in his mind, and Princess Taiping's chips, and finally came up with an idea.

There was a small calculation in his heart, but his face became more serious. Even if Wang Hua was here, he would think that he was thinking about how to deal with Dou Huaizhen.

After a while, he replied: "Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor is not too old, and he holds great power. Dou Huaizhen and others are colluding, and behind, behind...Your Majesty, it is better to be cautious."

The answer to this sentence was quite satisfactory, but it was far from what Li Longji wanted.

But Cui Shi immediately fell down and said: "If your majesty calls, I will die."

This was just a cutscene, and the disappointment in Li Longji's eyes did not disappear.

He said, "You go."

Although Cui Shi expressed his loyalty by saying that he would never give up, Li Longji saw both ends of him at a glance.I'm not afraid of him tipping off the news, the first thing he said was Dou Huaizhen, he didn't mention Princess Taiping, and the second thing he said was that he wanted to support the court, not murder.Besides, his confrontation with Princess Taiping has now become public, so there is no need to cover it up.

Of course, Cui Shi notified Princess Taiping immediately, and he had no choice. Cui Shi is now a dignified prime minister, even if he really holds the power, if there is no sufficient reason, he can't just kill him.

When Cui Shi came out, he was also in a cold sweat, although Li Longji was sensible and would not do anything to him.But if Li Longji gets confused, he may not be able to walk out of his palace.

When he returned home, his younger brother Cui Di came out.

When he was about to leave home, he heard Li Longji's call, and his brother Cui Di said to him: "The Lord has something to ask, don't hide it."

Like Cui Shi, this Cui Di is very handsome and also writes good poems, but unlike Cui Shi, Cui Di usually likes to joke.But when he said this, his tone was very solemn.

After all, they are brothers.

As soon as Cui Shi came back, Cui Di immediately asked, "What did the Lord talk to you about?"

He didn't call him His Majesty. In fact, Li Longji is still not qualified to be called His Majesty.

Cui Shi told the story before and after, Cui Shi turned pale when he heard it, and said: "Brother, you made a big mistake this time. The moon has lost for a long time, and it must be full. Winter lasted for three or four years. It's been a month, and it's time for spring. Since the queen mother came to power, she has killed countless clan ministers and generals, and consolidated her position. That's how she began to restrain herself in her old age. However, things didn't take long, and It was Wei Shuren who came to power, and countless loyal officials were forced to leave the court. Even Wang Hua of Gongxian County was forced out of Luoyang and fled to the northwest. The battle of the year before last set the world. But the good times did not last long, and Princess Taiping was once again under the connivance of the emperor, and her desires were hard to fill. .Now the imperial court has returned to the chaos at the beginning of Shenlong. After so many things, the righteous people in the world will let this happen again? Although the Lord is now very weak, where is the situation? As long as you follow this Potential, like spring wind turning into rain, moistening things silently, does not need much strength, unconsciously, can quickly revive all things on this earth. Brother, you have to think twice."

Cui Di vaguely felt that Princess Taiping could not succeed this time, but it was difficult for him to explain the general trend of the world.

So I had no choice but to say something mysterious and unconvincing.

Cui Shi didn't listen.

Seeing his brother leave, Cui Di was very disappointed.

But this also shows that the battle is now heating up, and even the two brothers are starting to stand on different sides.

Cui Di's persuasion did not persuade Cui Shi, but had a counterproductive effect.

Although he took refuge in Princess Taiping's side, this time Li Longji extended such a big olive branch, but he did not accept it.Therefore, I don't want any accidents to happen.If it is true what my younger brother said, everything will go against its extreme, Yin Qi will start to dissipate, Yang Qi will start to show up, what if Princess Taiping fails?
Others might be able to escape, but what would happen if I clearly rejected Li Longji?
Therefore, Princess Taiping was immediately notified of the matter.

Princess Taiping was shocked when she got the news.

Li Dan's idea is good, he gave Li Longji a name, but he has no power, and without power, there is no threat to Li Dan's status.But this power must always be released. Who should it be released to?So it was released to Princess Taiping. She is just a woman. Although she has rights, the position of emperor has been given to Li Longji, and she does not have this name.

Don't underestimate this name, it's really important.

This is the reason why Wang Hua immediately changed his strategy when Li Chongjun's desires were hard to fill.

Without a name, unless Princess Taiping rebelled, the first Princess Taiping convinced him that her father and son were still alive, and Princess Taiping did not have the guts.

So now Princess Taiping is worried, but there is no good way.So a few cronies were summoned, including Cui Shi, who made great contributions to the tip-off this time.

There is also Li Jin, the emerging king, who is in the same clan as Li Longji. His ancestors are Li Yuan's party brothers, and he is passed down in the same line as Li Sixun and later Li Linfu. This narration is a bit far away.However, because of Wu Zetian's massacre by the Li clan, there are not many clans in the direct line.In addition, he is very talented, and as the chief historian of Yongzhou, he has done a lot, so he was established as the new king.

I know General Li Ci of You Yulin, General Li Qin of Zuo Jinwu, Prime Minister Cen Xi, Dou Huaizhen, Prince Taibao Xue Ji and others.

All together, there are not only several prime ministers, but also important generals in the Habayashi Army, as well as various officials who hold important positions.

Looking at these people, Cui Shizai immediately forgot what his younger brother said.This is the real power, like Li Longji, when discussing important affairs, there are only some small officials, and some eunuchs and servants.What can they do?
Princess Taiping immediately told the news sent by Cui Shi, and then looked at everyone.

These people hold important positions, and each of them is very deep in the city, and they are silent after hearing this.

Princess Taiping then looked at Cui Shi, and she actually disliked him very much in her heart.

This person wrote a poem specially for Shangguan Wan'er because he got the first chance of promotion from Wu Sansi, and then threw himself into Shangguan Wan'er's arms.

Regardless of the king's grace, the new makeup looks in the mirror.Rong Hua is still in the spring, and the love is already in the autumn wind.

The pillow mat faces the window dawn, and the curtain faces the moon sky.Every year, the backyard tree falls in the deep palace.

This prostitution poem was written very touchingly, and it was intended to speak justice for Shangguan Wan'er and win her favor.It should be said that he got his purpose.

Later Shangguan Wan'er really took a fancy to this person.

It should be that if this person puts aside his character, his stinky skin is definitely not worse than Wang Hua.Moreover, he was born in the famous Cui family in Boling, and his younger brothers Cui Ye and Cui Di are extremely beautiful in appearance, and their literary talents are even more outstanding.After gaining power, Cui Shi often held night banquets at home, boasting that his family background was like that of the king of Jin Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, Wang Huaheng got involved.Because of Wang Hua's feelings, Shangguan Xiaowan took the initiative to stay away from this person.So he began to wink at Princess Taiping again.But I didn't expect Wang Hua to intervene again.After learning from the pain, there was no other way to vote, so he had no choice but to flatter Li Gu'er.

This step was clever, but later, it saved his life.

Later, when Zhu Wei was punished, Princess Taiping felt Li Longji's strength, so she thought of him again.At this time, as Wang Hua thought, she was already dazzled by power, and she forgot Wang Hua's attitude towards this Cui Shi back then.

But Wang Hua's subtle influence still exists, so Princess Taiping actually does not have a good impression of this person.But he didn't expect that Cui Shi would become more important because Li Longji was wooing him.

Therefore, she felt a little disgusted in her heart, but she smiled gently at the corner of her mouth, and said, "Cui Xianggong, please tell me again the situation that His Majesty talked to you that day."

When the word Your Majesty was mentioned, Princess Taiping gritted her teeth.

Now that Li Longji has been betrayed, the only path left is Princess Taiping. Cui Shi's face was full of charm and he said: "Follow the princess' orders."

So he talked about the conversation between Li Longji and him again vividly, and even described the situation of Li Longji bowing down to him with exaggeration.Finally he said: "His Royal Highness, I would like to offer a word. According to my opinion, the lord is very dissatisfied with the princess. He clearly intends to deal with Mr. Dou, but in fact he wants to deal with Her Royal Highness. And this time is not far away. Your Excellency Dare to ask the princess to make preparations immediately to prevent it from happening."

After Li Ci finished listening, he also started flattering, saying: "Your Highness, what Cui Xianggong said is reasonable, people don't hurt tigers, tigers hurt people's hearts."

"So in your opinion, how should Gu deal with it?"

The two stopped talking.

Li Longji wanted to kill Princess Taiping, and he did it with a reputation, after all, he was the emperor.As long as Li Longji has this ability.But Princess Taiping had the ability to kill Li Longji, even the Habayashi Army. She also controlled most of it, but she didn't have this title.If she dared to make trouble, there was nothing Li Longji could do, but Li Dan was still alive, as long as he stood on the tower and shouted like Li Xian, the army might turn against him like Li Chongjun.

Therefore, Princess Taiping has always been persuading Li Dan to depose Li Longji, but she dared not use troops.

So far, Princess Taiping has never really thought of killing Li Longji.Of course, if Li Longji was successfully instigated by Princess Taiping and was deposed by Li Dan, then Li Longji would be in danger.The reason why swords are on the verge of breaking out now is that Li Longji was the first to kill.Moreover, what he entrusted was not a person, and he consulted with Cui Shi, otherwise Princess Taiping would not know.

It is precisely because of Cui Shi's informant and further instigation and exaggeration in order to get the favor of Princess Taiping that the situation is getting more and more tense.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Princess Taiping clapped her hands, and a middle-aged court lady in coarse cloth came out from behind the curtain.

Everyone doesn't know each other, only Cui Shi is very familiar.

Princess Taiping said: "This person is Yuan Shi, a court lady who serves His Majesty."

"Princess is wise," Li Ci said, lying down.

This Li Ci has a good handwriting. According to Wang Hua, if he ranks, he can be ranked among the top [-] calligraphers in the entire Tang Dynasty. There is one piece of calligraphy on the tripod of Kyushu.However, his conduct is worse than that of Cui Shi, and he is even more flattering.

In Zhu Ting's words, at least one-third of the calligraphy, painting and poems written for the Kyushu tripod cannot be selected according to their conduct.

Wang Huadu said a fair word: "That's not the case. If it is said that a gentleman is a gentleman, he will not change his poverty, he will not be lewd when he is rich, and he will be unyielding in his might. There are a few people who can do it. For the sake of wealth, the master likes loyal words, and the courtiers naturally follow them. Seeking progress is just like what Pei Ju did in the Sui Dynasty and what Tang Zhi did in the Sui Dynasty. If the lord is fond of arrogance, most of the courtiers seek progress through arrogance. Don't talk about the differences between different emperors. When an emperor is doing something, if he likes loyal ministers, his ministers will be loyal. If the emperor is full of arrogance, he is fond of fawning, and then his ministers are flattering. Like Fu Chai, he first used Wu Zixu to dominate the Spring and Autumn Period. When it became dark at the end of the year, he used Bo Pi to kill Wu Zixu. This is also the same principle."

In the final analysis, it is still the emperor's right or wrong.

Looking for a loyal minister like Bigan Yuefei, not to mention the whole world, but looking at history, how many ministers can be as good as him?First of all, Wang Hua would not be such a loyal minister.

But although Li Ci was flattering, but Princess Taiping unknowingly bought all the maids serving Li Longji, so pitiful that now Li Longji was kept in the valley, this method, right or wrong, had to be let People admire.

The maid fell on the ground and saluted.

Princess Taiping helped her up with a pleasant face and said: "Why do you use such a big gift and sit down and talk."

He personally supported her and sat down beside him.

But this Yuanshi just carefully sat on a small corner of the chair.

Princess Taiping said again: "Yuan Shi, how is Your Majesty doing now?"

"Your Majesty is still in good health. It's just that you have a headache during this time. I offer red arrow powder every day to relieve the pain." Yuanshi replied in a low voice.

Chijian powder is Gastrodia elata powder, because its stem is red in color like an arrow shaft, so it is also called Chi Jian.Li Longji, the emperor, was irritable and had a headache.But Li Longji took a cup of red arrow powder every morning, not just for headaches.

In the past, Gastrodia elata has been regarded as a magic medicine for treating wind, but it is also a tonic.Shen Kuo once said that among the top grade herbal medicines, besides Wuzhi, Chijian should be the first, and this god is the top grade for recuperation and health preservation.

Therefore, Li Longji likes to take a cup of red arrow powder in the morning before going to court to discuss matters.One is for relieving headaches, and the other is for nourishing the body.

When Yuan Shi mentioned this matter, she didn't know it herself, but everyone's eyes lit up when they heard it.Even when Yuanshi continued to talk about Li Longji's living habits she knew, some people didn't fully listen.

Li Ci waited until she finished speaking, and asked, "What are you doing in the palace?"

"The maidservant only cleans and wipes the laundry, her position is low." Having said that, she glanced at her clothes.

If the status is high, they will not wear this coarse cloth clothes.

But don't underestimate these little people, often a single action of the little people can make these big people succeed or fail.

Princess Taiping immediately ordered someone to take out 100 taels of gold, a few gold ingots, not many, and picked it up with one hand.To Princess Taiping herself, this amount of money is nothing, but to this court lady, it is undoubtedly an astronomical figure.

She stood up from the chair again, leaned down, knocked her head on the ground non-stop, and said, "Thank you princess for the reward."

Princess Taiping pulled her up again.In fact, she hated these low-status people even more from the bottom of her heart.But now they are needed, so they are very amiable.Then he asked: "Who is the palace man who prepared the red arrow powder for His Majesty?"

No matter how stupid Yuanshi was, she could hear the voice, her face turned pale, but she had already boarded the boat, and she was a little maid, so she couldn't get off.He had no choice but to answer: "This is a beautiful court lady named Yuan Rongrong, who is usually liked by His Majesty."

"Yuan Rongrong?" Princess Taiping thought for a while, and finally remembered this girl.

This little girl was very young when she entered the palace, and entered the Shangyi Bureau as a drug boy.But because of his cleverness, he was favored by an old imperial doctor in the palace and accepted as an apprentice, and also learned a half jar of medical knowledge.Later, she grew up gradually and became very beautiful.

At that time, Zhu Wei had just settled down, and his status had not yet been settled.Li Longji accidentally entered the Shangyi Bureau and saw this little girl taking the pulse of an eunuch, so he liked her and asked her to come over.Therefore, Princess Taiping still has some memories of this incident.

She whispered again: "Yuan Rongrong."

This little maid is not from the Yuan family, so she is easy to bribe.She is one of the closest court ladies around Li Longji, and she may have some ambiguous relationship with Li Longji.

So he said in embarrassment: "It's not easy to buy."

At this time, everyone was very clear about what Princess Taiping thought.Because of the status restriction, you can't use force, so you have to use tricks.Food and drink cannot be poisoned. Ever since Webster poisoned Li Xian, the palace now pays special attention to food and drink.

Then I had to make up my mind on the red arrow powder. As long as Li Longji was poisoned in the red arrow powder, Li Longji died, and Princess Taiping's number one enemy would be gone.In the future, no matter which prince Li Dan supports to make him the crown prince, he will not be the opponent of Princess Taiping.This court is also really controlled by Princess Taiping.

Cen Xi asked: "Your Highness, do you know who this Yuan Rongrong is?"

When Princess Taiping told about Yuan Rongrong's situation, everyone frowned.She is not the Yuan family, as Li Longji's personal maid, if she gets close, it will immediately arouse Li Longji's suspicion.

But Cen Xi looked at Yuanshi, and because he heard this trick, Yuanshi was so frightened that his whole body trembled.

Cen Xi said loudly: "Yuanshi, do you know who I am?"

"This servant knows you, you are Mr. Cen."

"Then what is he like?" Cen Xi asked, pointing at Dou Huaizhen.

"He is Mr. Dou."

"Then who is he?" Cen Xi asked Cui Shi again.

"He is Cui Xianggong."

Cen Xi questioned more than a dozen people in a row, and they were all one of the most important ministers in the Tang Dynasty, because although the Yuan family was not very high in status, they all knew them all.

Cen Xicai shouted: "Don't you understand why we help Her Highness the Princess together? This is Her Highness's destiny."

"Yes, yes," Yuanshi replied tremblingly.Destiny may not be where it belongs, and rebellion is a bit like it.But she dared not argue.

"Then are you willing to help Her Royal Highness?"

"The slave is willing."

"If you want, I'm willing to give you two thousand dollars to spend to persuade Yuan Rongrong. Once the princess succeeds, you will immediately be honored by the family because of this achievement, and you will have a bright future."

Of course, if Princess Taiping is allowed to succeed, the maid's contribution must be considerable.But whether Princess Taiping will kill her in order to kill her, is unknown.But Yuan Shi didn't expect it to be so far-reaching, she tremblingly said: "But Mrs. Yuan, I'm afraid it will be difficult for slaves to convince you."

Princess Taiping didn't intervene when Cen Xi was talking to her. Hearing this, she called a maid who was close to her and whispered something in her ear. The maid immediately went down and brought a brocade box over.

Princess Taiping opened the brocade box, and there was a box full of jewelry in it. When Yuanshi saw it, his eyes immediately became greedy.

Princess Taiping said: "As long as you do this well for me, these are all yours. You convey a single word to that Yuan Rongrong. No matter how much she is favored by His Majesty, she is just a worthless maid who researches medicine. Because of her background, she will never have a bright future. As long as she helps Gu, whether it is status, official position, money, or finding a good husband, she should not ask too much, Gu can make decisions for her."

"With the words of the princess, I think she will agree to help the princess," Yuan Shi said while continuing to look at the box of jewelry.

"take it."

Yuan Shi immediately crawled over, held the box in doubt, and held on tightly.

All the talents heaved a sigh of relief. With the cooperation of this Yuan family, there is no need to worry about not being able to take down another court lady. If this Yuan Rongrong is taken down, the big event will be settled.

With Yuanshi's departure, the dark cloud over Chang'an became thicker and thicker!

(End of this chapter)